An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,

Significacio.

CRist is tokned ðurg ðis der, wos kinde we hauen told gu her; Line 764 for he is faier ouer alle men, so euen sterre ouer erðe fen; ful wel he taunede his luue to man, wan he ðurg holi spel him wan, Line 768 and longe he lai her in an hole, wel him dat he it wulde ðolen; ðre daies slep he al on on, ðanne he ded was in blod and bon, Line 772 vp he ros and rémede i-wis [MS in wif.] os helle pine, of heuene blis, and steg to heuene uvemest, [MS vueneft] ðer wuneð wið [folio 10b] fader and holi gast. Line 776 Amonges men a swete [s]mel

he let her of his holi spel, wor-ðurg we mugen folgen him in-to his godcundne se fin. Line 780 and ðat wirm ure wiðerwine, wor so of godes word is dine, ne dar he stiren, ne noman deren, ðer [? ðe.] wile he lage and luue beren. Line 784